Principal, David McInnes joins St Teresa’s from Champagnat Catholic College, Sydney. Engaging young men and women in a love of learning is his explicit priority. David holds a strong commitment to contemporary learning and teaching strategies and encourages each and every student to dare to ‘Dream Big’.

Without a doubt, the most important aspect to secondary education is choosing a pathway beyond school. All St Teresa’s students embark on academic or vocational studies in Years 11 and 12. Our strong academic results reflect our tailored focus. Students learn to face challenges and are encouraged to be their very best self.

Young men and women who graduate from St Teresa’s have pursued tertiary education in areas of Medicine, Engineering, Law, Education and Business. Equally applauded are the exemplary careers of those who undertook Vocational Education, such as career-one, two and three. Read more about our alumni successes.

As class numbers for Year 7 at St Teresa’s are capped, families are encouraged to apply as soon as possible after our enrolments open in February. Interviews are held in Term 2. First round offers of enrolment are made at the end of Term 2. Read more about how to enrol for 2019 and beyond.

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<p>​<img src="/school-news-features/PublishingImages/IMG_3157%20(1).jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;width:400px;height:300px;" /><br></p><p><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Earlier this term twenty students were selected to represent St Teresa’s at the 29</span><sup style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;text-align:justify;">th</sup><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"> Marist Basketball Carnival, being held in Canberra in April. The carnival not only gives our representatives an opportunity to play against some of the best teams in Australia, it is also an opportunity for students to share with other young people our Marist traditions, values, vision and story. </span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"> </span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Both the boys and girls teams have been training hard for the carnival. If you were to drop into the school at 5.30am on a Tuesday morning you would see 10 girls wiping sleep out of their eyes (as well as a teacher and coach!) about to start a 2 hour training session! The players commitment to training and working together is a credit to them all and as the Team Manager I feel very proud!</span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"> </span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Recently we asked the players to reach out to local businesses to request assistance by way of player sponsorship. To keep the student costs down we are still hoping for a few more sponsors and in return we will ensure your business logo is printed on all player’s team jerseys. We would like to thank the following businesses who have already offered their assistance by sponsoring a player: </span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">OPSM Noosa Civic</span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">JD Constructions</span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Simply Cool</span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Peter Hull Architect</span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">If you have a business or know of anyone that is able to assist us with a sponsorship please email Leigh Boggis – Team Manager, </span><a href="mailto:Lboggis@bne.catholic.edu.au" style="color:#a4343a;text-decoration-line:underline;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Lboggis@bne.catholic.edu.au</a><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">. The cost of a player sponsorship is $250 however we are also interested in speaking to any business that is interested in being a major sponsor.</span>​<br></p>

<p>​<span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;text-align:justify;font-size:18px;">Music Performances Showcase the College!</span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><img src="/school-news-features/PublishingImages/IMG_3823%20(1).jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;width:300px;height:225px;" /> <img src="/school-news-features/PublishingImages/IMG_3819%20(1).jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;width:300px;height:225px;" /><br><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Last Thursday night our 2018 Vocal Ensemble and Soul Collective band won tremendous praise and acknowledgement for STCC’s Co-curricular Arts Program as they performed at The J as part of Noosa’s </span><em style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">International Women’s Week Festival,</em><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"> alongside a range of outstanding guest presenters and professional performers. The event was attended by community members and regional representatives, and it was also rewarding to see so many staff and parents in the audience supporting this important occasion and our own ensembles. Our Vocal Group performed the uplifting gospel track </span><em style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">People Get Ready</em><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">, followed by a magical rendition of London Grammar’s powerful contemporary ballad </span><em style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Strong. </em><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">I would also like to thank our wonderful new vocal ensemble coach Charly Bradshaw for her ability to have the students ready for such a big event in so short a time, and the ensemble itself for undertaking the beginnings of our work in performance coaching for stage presence. They won accolades for the College. Soul Collective also took the stage in their typically cool, suave and bold style, performing their polished favourite </span><em style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Sisters </em><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">and the crowd-pleaser </span><em style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Man I Feel Like A Woman. </em><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">What a wonderful night and fabulous showcasing of our talent and programs in the wider Noosa community. Well done all, including the inspired event organiser Jeanette Del Santo.</span>​​<br></p>

<p><img src="/school-news-features/PublishingImages/Teresas-4.jpg" alt="Teresas-4.jpg" style="margin:5px;width:600px;height:400px;" /><br><br></p><p>Congratulations to Jack Frey who has been awarded the Premier's Anzac Prize. Jack had to prepare a multimedia entry illustrating the Anzac spirit and was a stand out amongst hundreds of entries. Jack will be travelling to France to attend the historic centenary commemorative dawn service at the Australia War Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux. <br></p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>​<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p><br><br></p>

<p><strong style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Eumundi Rotary Club Long Lunch</span></strong><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">On March 11</span><sup style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;text-align:justify;">th</sup><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"> some of our senior students were again involved in the Eumundi Rotary Club Fundraising Lunch to ensure the new Katie Rose Cottage Hospice at Doonan is up and running to cater for terminally ill patients and their families on the Sunshine Coast. This year the theme was Cabaret, and it was a funfilled lunch with entertainment held at the Eumundi Market Site.</span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"> </span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">The enthusiastic Hospitality Students were involved in assisting the chefs from the Fig Tree café to plate up the three course meal and serving it to the 390 guests attending. Last year the function raised $19,500 so we are hoping this year the same sort of total will be achieved.</span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"> </span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">The students who gave up their Sunday for such a great cause were Year 12 students Phillipa Dwyer, Remi Hunter and Maya O’Brien, and Year 11 students Gemma Campbell, Holly Strelow, Zoe Gasson, Zara Birrell and Jack Frey. Well done to these students.</span>​​<br></p><p><img src="/school-news-features/PublishingImages/Rotary%20Long%20Lunch%20(5).jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;width:300px;" /> <img src="/school-news-features/PublishingImages/Rotary%20Long%20Lunch%20(7).jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;width:300px;" /><br><br></p>

<p></p><p><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">​<img src="/school-news-features/PublishingImages/Special%20Report%20Promo%20Image_2x1%20(1).jpeg" alt="" style="margin:5px;" /></span></p><p><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">In this Special Report, Dr Michael Carr-Gregg highlights the dangers associated with social media and outlines how parents can help reduce the risk of cyberbullying. Preventing such a tragedy from reoccurring again, needs to have the support of parents, schools and the wider community, all of whom must work together towards reducing the risks associated with bullying. Parents especially, need to be aware of the dangers and be proactive in not accepting bullying behaviour of any sort. </span>​​<br></p><p><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Here is the link to your special episode:</span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><a href="http://stteresa.qld.schooltv.me/wellbeing_news/cyberbullying-special-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:#a4343a;text-decoration-line:underline;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">http://stteresa.qld.schooltv.me/wellbeing_news/cyberbullying-special-report</a><br><br></p>

<p></p><p><strong style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Women in the Australian Defence Force High Tea</span></strong><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><img src="/school-news-features/PublishingImages/IMG_6658.JPG" class="ms-rtePosition-1" alt="" style="margin:5px;width:375px;" /><br><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">On Monday the 5</span><sup style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;text-align:justify;">th</sup><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"> of March, I was fortunate enough to attend the ‘Women in the Australian Defence Force High Tea’ as part of International Women’s week. There was a cheerful and positive atmosphere all morning and I heard many interesting stories from the women in Australian Defence Force as they shared their many experiences of working in the ADF. We were encouraged to ask questions regarding their experiences and how they have balanced their careers and family life.</span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"> </span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Goal setting and affirmation sessions were facilitated by the Women in Defence team which gave students an opportunity to look at their pathway in Defence and how they might reach that outcome. Information regarding the recruitment process was provided and the careers opportunities in Defence for women, critical roles required to ensure the ADF is operating to its best capability. It was fantastic to hear that women are treated and viewed as wholly equal to their male counterparts in the Australian Defence Force, because after all, they are a critical part of it.</span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"> </span><em style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Morgan Pettit-Granger</em><br></p><p><br>​<br></p><p>
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<p><img src="/school-news-features/PublishingImages/IMG_3488.JPG" alt="" style="margin:5px;width:500px;height:375px;" />​<span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"></span></p><p><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Last Thursday was International Women’s Day and the female leaders got some amazing opportunities to take part in the celebrations during the week. Starting on Tuesday, a group of the female senior leaders gathered at a female empowering gathering called “Don’t just Shimmer, Shine!”. Here, we listened to a group of women share their inspiring and empowering personal stories and struggles through their heartfelt words, images and even through song. They all revealed such deep parts of their lives with us and inspired all the women in the room to be their own person and to believe that we can do whatever we set our minds to.</span><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><br style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#404040;font-family:helvetica;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">On Thursday morning I had the privilege of attending the International Women’s Day Breakfast with Emma Raudonikis, Lily Quinn and Mrs Sutton. Here we were lucky enough to hear some passionate and inspiring words from students and guest speakers. Back at the College there were performances by music students and face painting and ribbons available in the Cafe area for a gold coin donation in the breaks. The colour for the day was purple and many students wore ribbon in their hair or on their wrist all day and supported the day. A big thanks to Mr Pojtek, Emma, Lily, and Pomana House Leaders, Gian and Ellie for all their help in running the day, to all the other volunteers who contributed and to everyone who donated to the day. We are all really excited to continue supporting the amazing work of women and men in our community and #pressforprogress!</span>​​​<br></p>

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